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Article: BAT wants stricter penalties to smoke out illegal cigarettes

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September 11, 2009
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New Straits Times
09-11-2009
BAT wants stricter penalties to smoke out illegal cigarettes
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Business Times
Type: Company

BRITISH American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (BAT) wants the government to impose stricter penalties and slap moderate excise duties to curb illegal cigarette trade.

According to the Royal Malaysian Customs, illicit cigarette trade reached a record 36.7 per cent of the country's total cigarette industry.
"We plead to the government for more concrete measures to address the explosive growth of illicit cigarettes," BAT managing director Jack Bowles said in a statement.

Over 80 per cent of illegal cigarettes are found in Peninsular Malaysia.

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